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PATENTED JAN. 29, 1907.

G. GRossMAN. DISPLAY RACK.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 24, 1 906.

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APPLIGATIQH ULEB MAR.24.1906.

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GEORGE GROSSMAN, OF NEW YORK, N, Y.

DISPLAY-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 29, 1907.

Application tiled Marci; 24. 1906. Serial No. 307,837.

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Be it known that l, Gli-tonen Gnus-SMAK, a citizen of the United States, residingT in .Yew j York in the borough of Manhattan, countj. ,I and State of New York, have invented cer- I tain new nd useful ln'iprovements in Garl ment-Cabinets, of wnich the following; is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved 51:11; ment-cabinet for the storage and exhibition of ready-made garmens, and more especially' to certain improvements in the garnenb. cabinet for which Letters Patent of the United States were granted to me on Jnlj.' I9, 1904, No. 765,384.

ltl was found by pmt-tical experience tha. the patented garnient-cabinet referred to was objectionable. for two reasons: first, be- Cause it could not store asullicient number of from which the hanger-supporting rod and the supporting-carriers were operated was in the way of the proper storage of the garments.

The object of this inventionis to so imprfr-.x the garment-cabinet that nearlj.' twice :he number of suits can be stored in :1 eabil net ofthe same size and that the pivot-shaft l is transferred from the middle `,ortion to the upper portion,so as to he out of the wayofthe garments stored in the cabinet.

"lhe invention consists of a garment-cabil nety u nich comprises an exterior casing, horizontal guidewajfs, carriers guided on said guidewajvs and provided with cross-pieces, transverse ,serment-supportingr rods connecting' said cross-pieces and said carriers, a lever l mechanism connected with said carriers, and l a transverse pivot-shaft in the upper part of l the casing, to whiclmh-ver mechanism is applied for movingr th:- sup mrting mechanism in inward and forwar( direction, as will be fully described hereinafter and finally, I pointed onf. in the claims. l In the accompanying drawings, {igu'res l and 2 represent perspective views of n1): iml roved .garment-cabinet. showing the same l 1n open and closed position. Fig. 3 is a verl tical transverse section through the cabinet, drawn on a larger scale, and showing the supi portingr mechanism moved iuwardlj' into the i garment-cabinet, so that the front curtain l can be closed. Fig. 4 is a like Vertical trcm5I verse section snowingr the garment-swppm'v l ing mechanism moved in forward direiioi so as to exhibit the garments to lhecustqm supportingr mechanism.

Similar letters ef i" ference indicatecorresponding parts in tin ditl'erent figures ot' the drawings.

Referringr to the thawing", A represents the easingv of 111)' inproved ,ejarneirfcabinet,

' which is provided at its front p,"t with a. eurtan l. nountrd on a sprinfgfrol'fr B', which is supported in the upperiront pa t ofthe casing, the transverse slat at the lower end beingr preferablj' guided in grooves of the sidewalls of the easii The el'rtain 1r: belocked in lowered position to the lower iront port of the casing or held in position b v n iakineA the cross-shit of sorve heavy. material, so as vto counterbalanee the .spring of thesprinlg-roller and Letain the curtain 1n lowered position.

At the interior ol' tned'aHng are arranged i on the upper part of the side walls grooved n.etallic luidewavs C, which are attached to the .side walls l.v fastening-screws and which serve toSv' ri carriers D, one in each slidepiece, which are pkx ined with llaneed rollers preferabl)A two in number, which pregrablv turn bj. ,meausf balhhearizgg on their shafts, so asto move noiseiessly on the guidewavs when the carriers are moved-in forward and backward diret-tion. flach carrier consists of a horixon-fal and forwardlv-extendingY arm d', to which the guide-rollers d are applied, and an upwardly and forwardl inclined cross-pieced2, which ismadceitherintegr'al with the horizontal arm or separately therefrom and riveted thereto. The @uds of the ffrwardly-extending :f rms d or thecarriers are (onnected l: a transverse. hangersupportineT rail E of areular cross-section, from whih the coat-supporting,r hangers e are suspended bv means of) heir hook-shaped 1.I l er ends, as show! inf: 3 and 4.. 5'. The hangers are supported on .1e rail E vparallel with earn other and with the side wallsof the cabinet, but at; right angles to the suspcn sion-rail l". Y

The upper ends of (be inclined crosspieegsd are likewise connected by a hangersupportiue' rail E', from which ay second series of eoat importingr hangers is suspended.

The coats and hangers suspended-from the rear rail ll enter in between the coats sespended from the front rail E, so that thereby, the tapacity of the cabinet is nearly -doubled. The lower ends of the inclined crossiet'rs di are provided with pins dw'vhieh move in longnudinal slots d5 in thlower ers, and Fig. 5 is a front view" ofthe garment- :IOS

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vice to the waiis of the cabinet is facilitated. j

One ot'v said levers 1 `.prei'erabl v the one at i the right-hand side, is provided with a forthe levers l" and the carriers connected thereto are moved in forward and backward direction, according as the handle-arm is moved upward from its lower position (shown in Fig. 3) to the uppei' position. (Shown in `ig. 4.) The upward motion oi' the handlearin I produces the upward movement of the carriers D. with the rails and the gar ments suspended thei'elroin in i'orwart dit walls of the casing. carriers moving in said 8o rec-tion, so that the iront rail is approxiinatelv in line with the l'ront of the casing, whilethe front row of `garments extends beyond the saine. sition, the coatsk suspended on the front rail can be readily inspected, the second rail serving for suspending the doubles. The trousers and vests are `supported on a shelf at the iowei' part ofthe cabinet, which shelf ma)Y be movable in forward direction, se that the trous rs and vests can be readily removed and exhibited on a separate slio\\-tal \le.

The backward motion of the cari'iers is limited by the abutment of the upper suspension-rail against the levers` F, as shown in Fig. 3, while the forward motion is limited by a. stop S at the frontof the guideways or in any other suitable manner.

The improved garment-cabinet is speciallyv intended for clothing-stores and dealers in ready-made cl-'ithing tor men. It can also be used for storing and exhibiting garments for women, in which ease the waists, jackets, or eloaks are exhibited on the hangers and the skirts stored on the shelves.

The advantages of in v improved garmenteabinet are, iirst,vthat nearly twice the ninnber ol` garments can be stored in the saine cabinet than heretofore, for the reason that two suspension-rails are provided f or the supvWhen they are in this po- I levers connected with the downwardly-ex- 85 portinghangers; second, that the pivot shalt which before interfered with t-lie proper storing of the garments when they were placed in position in the rear part of the cabinet is transferred to the upper part, so as to 6o be entirely otit. of the wa v of the garments; third, that the garments are protected against, dust and light when not. required for exhibition; fourth, that on opening the curtains and moving the garments in forward position 65 they can be conveniently exhibited to custoiners and returned into the cabinet when the store is to be closed, and, lastly, that by means of the garment-cabinet an entirely new system of suspending and storing gar- 7o wartliv-extending handle-arm F, b v which 1 ments is obtained by which the unsightl)v piling up of the clothes on tables is dispensed with and a salesroom of attractive appearance obtained.

Having thus described my invention, I 75 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- I 1. A garment-cabinet comprising a casing, horizontal guideways attached to the side guidewalvs provided with forw'ardh-extending arms and cross-pieces having downwardlv-extending arms, transverse suspensionrails connecting said arms and cross-pieces,

tending arms of the cross-pieces, a pivot-shaftin tiie tippI r 'tart of the easing on which said levers are pivoted, and a forwardly-extending handle-arni on one of said levers.

2. In a garnient-cabiiiet,in combination, e. easing, horizontal guideways attac-hed t-o the side walls of said easing. carriers guided in ag l i..- I Q 'card easing and provided with forwardly-extending arms and upright cross-pieces, suspension-rails connecting the ends of said arms 9 and the upper ends of said cross-pieces, a transverse pivot-shaft supported iii the upper part of the easing, levers suspended from the saine and provided with slotted lower ends connected bvpins with the downwardlyroo extending arms of the cross-pieces, and a vertica ily-swinging forwardiy-extending hand/learm secured to one of said levers. In testimon," that I claim the foregoing as in v invention I have signed my 1ame in pres- 105 ence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE GROSSMAN. ivitnesses:

PAUL GOEPFL, II. J. SUiiitBIE. 

